- WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1953
Rumors Are Flying
Sam’s Song
By SAM PROCOPIO
Collegian Sports Editor
. The last rumor that aroused Penn State students came
wheh there was claim that the Nittany Lions were going to
play ah all-home football schedule in 1955. This would in
clude playing such top-flight teams as Notre Dame, Georgia
Tech, Pitt, Penn, SMU, etc. This rumor was spread about
like DDT and still is. We just hope these students don’t hold
their breath until this dream becomes a reality.
Now the students, are becoming more excited about a sug
gested conference. A rumor? Not as far as Bud Dudley, athletic
director at Villanova, is concerned. He recently staled to the press
that he will make an attempt to organize a new football con
ference—"the Northeastern Conference."
Included in the conference, according to Dudley, would he such
colleges and universities as Boston College, Fordham, Holy Cross,
Villanova, Syracuse, -Colgate, Rutgers,, Temple, Penn State and
Boston University.
The question, penetrating most minds here at State College is:
Should Penn State accept an invitation if and when a new
football conference is. brought before the College after the season
is concluded? . . '
With all the post-season bowl 'games except the Sugar Bowl and
half of the Cotton Bowl being tied up by various conferences,
it would certainly help the Eastern independent teams to col
laborate.
We do agree with him when he says “I believe that the formation
of a conference . would double the interest in football at the
colleges, double the publicity on their games, eliminate schedule
making difficulties, cut down overhead expenses and create stand
ard rules and eligibility codes.”
It sure would be great to have Penn State in a conference. We
have heard from reliable sources that Penn State is and would be
interested in setting up a possible conference, but only if an
appropriate setup is made.
We certainly feel that the conference proposed by Dudley is
far from it. In fact, it would lower Penn State’s standards which, are
increasing each year.
Penn State would undoubtedly be interested in a conference
should names like Army, Navy, Penn, Pitt, West Virginia, Mary
land, Syracuse, Villanova, and Fordham flash across the desks here
at the College.
There is one or more drawbacks when these schools are
mentioned, however. Army and Navy are understood to be national
teams. That is, the aforementioned institutions feel that since they
are national teams they should not limit themselves to local col
leges. A conference would limit these two schools to an extent.
Penn is supposedly in the Ivy League. But most newswriters
and magazines have labeled the Quakers as an independent because
it has scheduled only one Ivy League team. Their alumni want the
Quakers to belong to the Ivy League.
Maryland and West Virginia are in conferences. But there is
that possibility of breaking away because of its low competition.
A conference could start with only six teams. However, an eight
team league is ihuch easier for scheduling. Say that a conference of
such caliber as we mentioned were feasible. The league would be as
strong, if not stronger, than the Big Ten.
Dudley’s proposed conference is not strong enough, and also
is not the best possible set up.
We agree wiih Dean Ernest B. McCoy, athletic director who
says: "If a group of schools have the sanie ideals from the educa
tion standpoint and athletic viewpoint, in which they are willing to
live by, then it's good for intercollegiate activities."
"It isn't necessary," the athletic director told us, "but it is
a value."
Ujobai Advances
Nov. 10 (/P) j you CAH 7 GET A GIRL
Ujobai of Gettysburg, who
added one touchdown to his rec- 8 & BUIS’Jit Ji 48 6 n
ord Saturday while his closest /_C \ juMIjJ3 fjpttifr
competitors were snowed out, /L, vw ev w * »s
appears virtually to have clinched !
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Js* your best foot’s forward?
downs and 17 extra points for a
Chester’s *Fred P*r Both Once there was a Senior who was spiel?’* she cooed. “Ulp,”* said Her-
have two games left to ?hy. (Look, this, is a story. It per- ntan. 4 Ooooh,” she said, taking his
play. mits certain liberties with the truth.) arm, “I just love Original, Masterful
He’d call up a Girl, stammer in- Men.” Herman was on his way.
Penn State’s 30 games without coherently through the Preliminaries, Now Herman has more dates than
longest^ootbal^win 1 streakf gUrgle hclplessly through the Bicus * tf >e Syrian Desert. Still makes ’em
as its longest football wm streak. - pidSj and hang up . Dateless. One day a ll by Telegram. No fool, this Her
■ liis room-mate took him in hand. man.
“Herman, old buddy,” he said, . . .
j , , Tvi when youve got a Date in mind
and unfolded a Plan. w r , ... ~ „
whether its with the Campus
Next day the Big Girl on Campus Queen, a Smith Siren or a Big Mo
got a Telegram. A terse message, ment Back Home—a Telegram has
Simply: “Will pick you up at eight the Man-of-tlie-world Approach that
P,M. Friday. Regards. Herman H. pleases. Equally effective, too, for "
Glockenspiel.” She was- Intuckered birthdays, Mother’s Day and Easter
and waiting when Herman sheep- Messages, congratulations, or yaps to
ished up the steps of her Sorority p op for Ca3 b, 0 r tp Sis to Airmail
house. you The Baggy Sweater._ Just call
“Are you Herman H. Glocken- Western Union and see i
105 S. Allen Sf. Telephone 6731
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Caroline Holds
Blushing Lead
NEW YORK, Nov. 10 (£>)—J. C. Caroline, Illinois’ long-legged
successor to .Red Grange, is running away with major college foot
ball rushing honors while a pair of rubber-armed quarterbacks are
throwing all they’ve got into a b
Sophomore Caroline, already
of the Big Ten, has sped 1075
yards from scrimmage in seven
games—36o yards ahead of Ohio
State’s Bobby Watkins and Ari
zona’s Ken Cardella, both with
715 yards.
Bob Garrett of Stanford and
Zeke Bratkowski are the passers
who are tied with 92 completions
each according to official NCAA
Service Bureau/Statistics released
today. Both have played eight
games to date but Georgia’s Brat
is the best bet to connect on the
most tosses because he has three
games to play to two for Garrett.
Completes 20 Passes
Stanford’s sharpshooter hit 20
of 31 passes against Southern
California last week for 324 yards
and three touchdowns. Garrett’s
performance in the 23-20 losing
cause enabled him to take the
lead in yardage gained with 1360,
most touchdown passes 13 and the
highest completion average 58.2
per cent among those who have
attempted 100 or more passes.
Bratkowski, who has thrown
the most passes, 174, also has had
the most intercepted, 16, and ; is
second in yardage gained through
the air with 1178.
Trails Giel •
Caroline has carried the ball
155 times, second only to the 158
times posted by Minnesota’s Paul
Giel.
Garrett, Bratkowski, Caroline
and Giel are in the midst of a
seven-way battle for the top
achievement in total offense with
Brooklyn Cowboy Joe Mastrogio
yanni of Wyoming still leading
the pack.
Mastrogiovanni now has 1302
yards by land and air with Gar
rett next at 1215.
SM Tennis Tourney
Nears Final Round
Intramural tennis is nearing its
final round with seven flight win
ners decided.
Winners are John Cleary, Phi
Kappa Tau, flight one; Dick Kuhn,
Sigma Phi Sigma, flight two; Fred
Zucker, Phi Sigma Delta, flight
four; Ed Selling, Phi Delta Theta,
flight five; Jerry Schimmel, Zeta
Beta Tau, flight six; Marvin
Kleiman, Sigma Delta, flight sev
en; and , Bill .Wallis, Sigma Phi,
flight eight.
Flight three with Marvin Tri
mas, Zeta Beta Tau, and Thaver
Potter, Phi Delta Theta, has not
yet been played.
Rqlk Rule Revised
Under the new balk rule, the
offensive. team will have an op
tion of taking the balk called on
the pitcher or the result of the
hatter’s swing—possibly a home
run.
iid for the passing crown,
the greatest rusher in the history
Swimming—
(Continued from page six)
fell shy by two seconds of the IM
record set in 1948 when he swam
the free-style in 34 seconds. Smith
netted an additional five, points
by taking the diving event. The
Sigma Chi’s grabbed two more
firsts as Robert Vanner won the
breast stroke in 41.2 and the re
lay team copped its event in
1:04.2. SAE’s lone first was earned
by William Wismer who swam
the back-stroke event in 49.2 sec
onds.
Ping-Pong Finals
Set for Saturday
The final round in the All-Col
lege ping pong championships
will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday
in the TUB.
Winners of the fraternity and
independent divisions will meet
for the all-College title. This
match is set for about 3:30 p.m.
Fraternity aspirants still in the
running are Paul Lizza, Sigma Phi
Sigma; Jack Rautine, Theta Xi;
A 1 Freedman, Sigma Alpha Mu;
Marv Daley, Alpha Epsilon Pi;
Lou Landon, Sigma Pi; Roy Brun
jes, Sigma Chi; Bill Zeigler, Phi
Kappa Psi; Jerry Schimmel, Zeta
Beta Tau; Hubie Kline, Beta The
ta Pi, and Mort Fisher, Alpha Ep
silon Pi.
Forecast for '55
Penn State athletic officials
contemplate a nine-game football
schedule for the 1955 centennial
Mere's year chance f©
help pick the a§§fy
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Irvin --
(Continued from page six)
being captain of State’s soccer
eleven, Irvin said, “This squad is
the first athletic team that I have
ever seen or played for in which
there is such a close bond between
all the players. The members of
the squad are just like brothers
—on and off the playing field.
It’s not a fly-by-night attitude,
either. Everyone is always try
ing to help the other fellow more
and more each day.”
He attributed part of his success
this season to his fullback team
mate. Emil Borra.
“He’s really terrific,” Irvin
stated. “He’s a jewel in any soc
cer lineup. In every play, he re
acts as though he were reading
my mind. I- feel lost when he’s
not beside me.”
Irwin, who is a member of Phi
Delta Theta, said that he thought
Coach Ken Hosterman was doing
a great job after taking over for
Bill Jeffrey this season.
“Ken has. one tough job,” Irvin
said. “He’s been terrific, particu
larly in handling the men on the
team. If anyone had to replace
Bill, I’m glad that Hosterman
was given the position.”
Considering the very important
and . equally tough assignment
against Temple this week, Irvin
said, “We have Navy to face first.
This Temple squad is very good,
but I think we have the strongest
reserve bench in the nation. Boys
who are sitting oh the bench for
Penn State could be playing for
nearly any other team in the
United States.”
“The Temple eleven is more of
an individual type ball club. What
we lack in finesse, we make up
in hustle,” Irvin continued.
As a member Of Blue Key and
Parmi Nous, and one time pledge
master at his fraternity, State’s
soccer captain has been kept busy.
During his freshman year, he ap
peared in the movie, “This Is
Penn State.”
Irvin, who is a commerce ma
jor, said, “I was picked for the
role of student in engineering and
in the Naval ROTC program.
Why, I don’t know!”
The 1953 All-College All-
America Football Team is
sponsored by
PHILIP MORRIS
and brought to you by
HARRY
WfISMER
It is the only All-America
picked by the fans!
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